anticipation of the Chinese New-Year holidays business has somewhat given place to pleasure during the past week, as invitations have been issued for a whole round ities and the various Consulates, have issued the usual notices of closing their establishments on the 17th, 18th, and 20th inst, The English mail of the 30th December, arrived on the 8th inst., per P. & O. Co.'s steamer Cathay.
the American mail ex 8.8. City of Tokio, with Sau Francisco dates to 7th January, arrived on the 9th inst., by the M.B.M. 8.8. Genkai Maru, 'A nail for Europe leaves to-morrow by the P. & O. Co.'s steamer Thibet.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.